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X264 Project Announces Blu-ray Encoding Support
An anonymous reader writes "The x264 project has announced the first free software encoder to be able to generate Blu-ray compliant video. In addition, the announcement comes with a torrent of an x264-encoded Blu-ray disc containing entirely free content, such as the Open Movie Project videos. While there are still no free software Blu-ray authoring tools, hopefully this will change now that video and audio are taken care of so that everyone will be able to make their own Blu-rays without expensive proprietary software. Additionally, it seems the Criterion Collection is a friend of free software, having sponsored the effort to confirm x264's compliance with the Blu-ray spec."
Where are my mod points!
This is exactly why a lot of us like to use the term "libre". "Free" is an overloaded term.
Even in the highly crass America, the term "Free" is often equated with freedom rather than
price. Yet people still get their panties in a bunch when you try to emphasize that rather
more important usage of the term "Free".
Don't like the bias? Move to Cuba or the nearest Junta of your choice.
The 4th and the 14th are coming up...
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
So if I say "I'm a free man", does it mean I'm worthless? What about a "free market"? And when you said, "change to that free lane", does it mean the other lanes cost money?
Free has multiple definitions. It's not RMS' fault, it's an English bug. In other languages (at least Portuguese, Spanish, French, Romanian and Italian) there are clear distentions between the two concepts.
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You're kidding, aren't you? There are far more RMS-haters on Slashdot than RMS fans, at least overt ones.
When he wrote "free to do as RMS approves.", he was counting himself in (at least for humorous effect, if not in earnest) the group of "RMS-haters". As is/are the people who modded him up, as well as those that modded you down.
Only in your commercially centered world. "Free" has several meanings and co-opting it to mean only the commercial version is a political statement in itself.
But as a rule, "free as in liberty" is reserved solely for humans, groups of humans, or sometimes animals.
The idea of software having freedoms is absurd. The notion that RMS is trying to put forth is *not* absurd. Unfortunately, natural human language is not based on logic, thus such contradictions are allowed.
Which is why people are so adamant about using the term "Free Software" as a proper noun, because it indicates a specific branding. Whereas "free software" is generic, and in standard material parlance, means "no charge".
Free love?
Free Tibet?
Free Mitnick?
. . . Free Willy?
Breaking Into the Industry - A development log about starting a game studio.
Oh great. The MAFIAA has gotten mod points. I noticed this earlier on other articles.
Modding down everything showing you the repressed and denied reality right in the open, are we?
Don’t think we’re not on to you!
I repeat it, as often as it needs. If it has to be, then I’ll do it forever:
The copyright laws are based on a mentally insane delusion that started with a small misunderstanding of basic physical reality, and grew into a cancer called ACTA because of the greed of an industry that is smaller than the toilet seat industry! (Litrally!)
MAFIAA: The only way to stop me from taking you down, is to walk over my dead and annihilated body!
Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.
Is this an appropriate time for a C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!
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